Discovering Italy

We were walking through the backstreets of the quiet town, bundled up and chatting amongst ourselves. We came upon a side street where we noticed a woman carrying firewood into a building from a huge stack outside. Behind her, a great big door was cracked open. And beyond it, a giant white staircase, with color…

Travels Abroad

Discovering Food

This book: Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cooking Techniques. How have I never written about it? After I gifted it recently, I realized I haven’t ever mentioned it here. Oversight corrected! I’ve bought it multiple times, in multiple languages (English, Italian, and French), I’ve gifted it, and I’ve flipped the pages many times over the years. As I…

2014 was a pretty delicious year. It was a year in which I did a lot of cooking, but meals were made without an eye on photography nor natural light, and often remained unchronicled so I cut myself some slack and my site took a bit of a backseat. I shared a few of my food highlights on Instagram but here are…

There are a few people whose recipes are a certainty for me. David Lebovitz is one of them. I’ve been writing on this site for more than 10 years, and have been following his site for almost as long. Back when you could almost count the people blogging about food as a few dozen, the…

Recipes

In Part 2 of my love affair with David Lebovitz and his book My Paris Kitchen, is this green olive tapenade. Super simple, super forgiving, and it makes you look like a first-rate host when you have it sitting out for guests. There are still several entrées / appetizers in David’ My Paris Kitchen I need to try,…

There are a few people whose recipes are a certainty for me. David Lebovitz is one of them. I’ve been writing on this site for more than 10 years, and have been following his site for almost as long. Back when you could almost count the people blogging about food as a few dozen, the…

As I usually do, this year I baked myself a birthday cake. While the idea of someone else making me or buying me a cake for my birthday is exciting, baking my own birthday cake is actually something I look forward to as it’s something I can make completely selfishly and I know at least I…

It’s no secret I’m no fan of winter. One of the only things I like about it is the hearty meals, which I why I make a lot of soup (like this one with onions, or mixed legumes, cauliflower, or butternut squash, or using my own chicken stock), lasagnas and pasta baked in the oven, and of…

Tips

Next in my How I Travel series, I thought I’d share some tips on jet lag. This year, I’m on track to be away from my home base 50%+ of the year, and a lot of that travel involves crossing multiple timezones, even in short periods of time (less than a week). I can’t say I’ve…

Another chapter in my How I Travel series. I’ve already shared What’s in My Carry-on, and How I Use Google Maps to Travel, so I thought I’d share how I prepare for and pack for a trip. I’ve been traveling and living out of a suitcase quite a bit —so far this year I’ve been away…